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J. T. BAUGHMAN.

Wagon-Tongue and Support. .No. 14,794 Pa tented May 6, 1856.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC J. T. BAUGHMAN, OF FRAZEYSBURG, OHIO.

WAGON-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,794, dated May 6, 1856.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, J. T. BAUGHMAN, of Frazeysburg, in the county of Muskingum, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new Improved Wagon-Tongue; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a wagon with a tongue constructed in two parts. The short part A, is made fast between the feet of the stationary hounds J, J. On this rests the doubletree at A, thereby relieving the horses from carrying any part of the weight of the doubletree and swingletrees on their necks at V. By this arrangement the guide tongue B is two feet shorter than the fallen tongue in common use, and consequently lighter, the short hounds S, S, being made fast to the tongue B, and attached to stationary hounds J, J, and short tongue A by a rod passing from N to T so that when the short tongue A is raised or lowered by the wheels passing over rough surface, the guide tongue B does not rise or lower at V, thereby securing regular weight on the horses necks at V. The difference in this tongue and the one in common use is this-the tongue in general use has the doubletree and swingletrees resting on it at B a part of the weight would have to be held up by the horses necks at V; also the hounds S S in the common tongue rests on the inside of straight hounds (in place of stationary hounds J, J) and attached by a rod; so that the draft of the horses is sustained by the connecting rod, which is not the case with this tongue; as will appear by reference to the drawings, as the doubletree is attached to the short tongue A the draft of the horses is entirely on stationary work.

The object of the above invention is to diminish the weight usually sustained by the horses neck (which is often the cause of grievous sores) and to increase strength by attaching the horses to stationary work, instead of the connecting rod.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I construct hounds of the usual shape leaving the outside of the foot of the long hounds J J square, of any desirable thickness and five feet nine inches long. The foot of the stationary hounds J J I make fifteen inches long, and the stationary tongue A I make fifteen inches long, of any desirable thick ness and make it fast between the feet of the hounds J J by bolts or otherwise. The hounds J J are made fast to the axle three feet three inches from the toe of the hounds by bolts as usual. The short hounds S, S, I make thirty two inches long, of any desirable thickness, according to strength re quired, the foot of which I make fourteen inches long of a pitch that will insure its fitting on the outside of hounds J J; the guide tongue B I make nine feet long of any desirable thickness, made fast between the feet of short hounds S S at B by bolts bands or otherwise. I then connect the guide tongue B to the stationary tongue A by means of a bolt passing through the wings of short hounds S S and the foot of long hounds J J and through the center of short tongue A. I then attach my doubletree to the stationary tongue A at A in the usual way.

I claim 1. Constructing the tongue in two separate parts A and B.

2. I claim the arrangement and combination of the hounds J J and S S for the purpose of connecting the tongues A and B together, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

J. T. BAUGHMAN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW SEELEY, WILLIAM LI'ITIOK. 

